Avalanche

Avalanche: Double Hill

Craig Gordon/Ted ScrogginUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
36°

Avalanche

Slab Width
213 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
183 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
122 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3109 m

We rolled up to this slide minutes after it occurred. Triggered low on an adjacent slope, this avalanche failed on facets above the Thanksgiving rain/heat crust.